Holcombville, New York
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Johnsburg town. It lies in ZIP code area 12853. It stands on Roaring Brook. The Survey maps it on the North Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1895 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1950 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Glens Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS North Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ticonderoga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Holcombville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 21 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 15 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 13 September 2002 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | New York Forest Rangers | WASHER HILL |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | New York Forest Rangers | MILL MTN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Holcombville: 4 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oven Mountain Mine | Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar | Past Producer | 1897, 1925 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Garnet, Mica, Quartz, Feldspar | Occurrence | 1925, 1975 | |
| Unnamed Occurrence | Granite, Quartz, Mica | Occurrence | Granite, Mica, Quartz | |
| Barton Mine & Mill | Garnet | Producer | ||
| Botheration Pond Deposit A | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Botheration Pond Deposit B | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Johnsburg Deposit | Garnet | Prospect | ||
| Oven Mountain Deposit | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Rexford Deposit | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| Rexford Mine | Garnet | Past Producer | 1892, 1897 |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Creek | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Sodom | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Igerna | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Wevertown | 4.4 miles | 26 | |
| North River | 4.9 miles | 27 | |
| Riparius | 4.9 miles | 26 | |
| Johnsburg | 5.0 miles | 27 | |
| Edwards Hill | 5.3 miles | 27 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122543252 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 952980. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.









